Telegram-herald., 1887-11-01
THE LAKE DISASTER
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aasn disaster e4ns Asssrdsy aixnt apoa
sxrfs4l III ne steamer 5aDsrisr a. NJ
sakss. sac reported ths aadinx of srscx-
20 IA Laks AieAizzn an saturday, aad
soon sftsr m4n ~as seen on . rsft. lie
naAis frantic sgpeAl iof aslP. HIS con
psaion Appeared % 5e dying iIom exposure.
Captain Moran. sf Ihs superior says be
Bs1f 49, sa4li boat la shich EsFs ons
somAn sna hires msa. one on ths lAttsg
80 saving a co4l stuck upon "a car. Bat
sbs 5upensr hsrssit ~As a. tne alsrcy u
me storm. aat every aaAa GA Daafu sas *
srtiax himself - ne ulmost 10 save ths
pas Ells aeAft-rsnaias seens aad leave
these people - t1sir certain iafe. which, Ia
ths stofus 4ad plerclng c0ld then prevail
tnx. could be only death. The Superior .
Glisr lal 8een disabled s4d the sJearIns 81
ths rssai 1Y temporary tackis required
the Attention 81 a iasss part oi the cree
iE sss thfee hea1s oeisre lAess repairs we're
made sDd then the 81 i<Fior azs Ous *
sixnl 0f ino aahApqy Ie0pie. three miles
away Nhea on $50 A4tsEs. hls-, tie
Superior passed tlrougn = llt of i1moer,
aud ieN mites Farther GA furnltQre, 0ed-
ding sud many iiis presersers we're seen
fhe caplzin says llst amer passing the
Yeopls on tie rais do saN schooner about
three miles asteFn. ealch appeared 10 De
healing f0r the r4ft And there - pOsslblli-
y that she may have picked them az. Bat
tne chance III thlf even u the schooner
could seg near enough ~ them 10 give them
a liI.e, we're considered very small Ia sucn
q sea vas them on. which. the captain says.
vas one Of The worst ne ever experienced
sn the axes
Any DOUBTS OF the identity Of the
wrscked propeller weFs removed SUNDAY
afternoon, when the tag Edith sicksd up
part Of pilot house, ABOUT two miles
southeast OF Two Rivers. Wis Attached 10
II sAs The handsomely carved name. Yer
non-" TIE schooner Blazing Stzr-whieh
arrived Saturday nlght-reports having
passed through grtat quantity OF wreck
sse saturday afternoon The crew counted
Ten bodies each Ol which had . cork life
pressrvsr attached 10 t. one living man
was seen on the roof OF a ca0in. bat the ses-
Del vas obliged 20 turn . deaf ear 10 his
cries tor help, as they were pOseriess 10
render any assistance.
The wrecked propeller, Vernon, was built
in Chicago nearly two years sgo by J. Z.
smith. a. a cost OF $500 and Was 500 tons
ourthsn. She vas equipped with al the
modern improvements and wss designed 20
run between Chicago and Asnistiqus.
aalasake had been made in her model. how
ever. .nd her draft WAS found too great for
this trade She was sent into Lake Superior
where she ran last stson- This season she
~as chartered 20 tow barges between Lake
Superior ports znd Cleveland but having
run two OF them on the rocks in the 500
last Juns. the contract Was Cancelled and the
ternon Vas lbel-d for damages. She was
sold a. auction at Detroit. her owners, A.
bootn sons. Of Chicago. becoming the
purchasers. When the propeller Champ
AIN OF the Northern Michigan line was
burned and twrnty-four lives lost, tie YER
noo Vas chartered 10 take her place. The
Vernon had since becn running IN the pas
-engsr and general freight trade between
Cheboyxsn and Chicago. Most OF her crew
lived IN Chicago and Milwaukee. Can't.
Thsrpe. tormer,y master Of the propeller
Lawrence. was ia command, and Capt. Jno.
Sullivan. brofhsr-iR-iaw 10 Capt. JnO. Prin-
lsvilie vas her mate.
Many vesselmen here who were familiar
With the pecliiiarities OF the Vernon. At
trlbats The disaster 10 overloading. They
say that without cargo she was OF deeper
draft than any ether vessel On the lakes,
and IL vas impossible % load Der with prof.
it without making ner uuseawOrthy. W hen
shs vas launched, sxperenced vsssslm<n
predicted that sooner or later she would
meet with disaster.